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Recent Examples of unquiet The finale had the impossible task of putting the monstrous show to an unquiet grave, and while some storylines seemed rushed and others completely ignored, even everyone’s least favorite season of GOT is heart palpitating. Taylor Antrim, Vogue, 31 Jan. 2025 The decision is an outright and unbridled expression of my unquiet mind. Outside Online, 10 July 2024 The calamity at Waco, the shipwrecks of the Spanish Armada, unquiet literary unions, a new thriller from Sweden and more. Stephen Brumwell, WSJ, 27 Jan. 2023 Instead of providing an answer, Gleeson takes us into the unquiet mind of a man whose profound unhappiness is its own kind of life force. The New York Times Magazine, New York Times, 6 Dec. 2022 Something is certainly making Sutter’s unquiet spirit walk. Helen Shaw, The New Yorker, 14 Oct. 2022 Around him unfolds the dull and hopeless work of a cubicle maze that forces otherwise potentially lovable people to live lives of unquiet desperation. Nathan Deuel, Los Angeles Times, 20 July 2022 Charles Stewart Parnell, who championed the cause of Irish Home Rule, is the unquiet ghost who haunts the book. Fintan O’Toole, The Atlantic, 16 June 2022 With gentle humor, Flora’s visitations flip the racial script: rather than unquiet Natives rising from violated land, Erdrich conjures a busybody settler exasperating the Ojibwe living. Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, 10 Nov. 2021
Recent Examples of Synonyms for unquiet
Adjective
  • Others are worried about the fate of the Smithsonian more broadly.
    Deborah Barfield Berry, USA Today, 20 Apr. 2025
  • An overwhelming 92 percent are worried about a potential recession in 2025.
    Nicholas Creel, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • This tender and slow hour isn’t for the restless, but a cathartic cry waits for those who make it to the end.
    Christian Holub, EW.com, 18 Apr. 2025
  • Add to that formula a volcanic voice and songs soaked in a restless spirit, and Dean has managed to set himself apart in a crowded country field.
    Nancy Kruh, People.com, 15 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Professionally, Xavier is anxious about future tax exposure from his deferred compensation.
    Brian Lasher, Forbes.com, 30 Apr. 2025
  • Another reason people put off going to bed is to avoid feeling anxious or restless, said James Rowley, MD, a sleep medicine expert at Rush University Medical Center and spokesperson for the American Academy of Sleep Medicine.
    Maggie O'Neill, Verywell Health, 30 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • At the same time, sellers might get nervous if deal activity slows down.
    James Nelson, Forbes.com, 18 Apr. 2025
  • At times brutal and always volatile, the album functions as a sort of electro-shock therapy applied from the shoulders down, layering hard beats, ambient whorls, and nervous acid ticks to trigger a state of full-body rapture.
    Jazz Monroe, Pitchfork, 18 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Gannon informed Nolen that Johnson was a little upset with falling into the second round.
    Doug Haller, New York Times, 27 Apr. 2025
  • In medical settings, it's used to treat poisoning, overdoses, high cholesterol, hangovers, and upset stomach.
    Ashley Wong, Health, 26 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Consumer sentiment and expectations Americans are feeling uneasy about the economy, and that is showing up in the data.
    Russ Wiles, USA Today, 24 Apr. 2025
  • Still, Ruark is increasingly uneasy about the future.
    Catherine Baab, Quartz, 22 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Proposals for Combating Polarization and Extremism By Larry Diamond, Edward B. Foley, and Richard H. Pildes The Primary Solution: Rescuing Our Democracy From the Fringes By Nick Troiano Two new books explore the deeply troubled election system in the United States.
    Foreign Affairs, Foreign Affairs, 22 Apr. 2025
  • Meanwhile, some at City Hall have heard rumblings about major cuts to the planning department, which processes development applications and updates zoning plans, as well as the troubled Animal Services Department.
    David Zahniser, Los Angeles Times, 21 Apr. 2025
Adjective
  • Ernst & Young found that 71% of U.S. employees are apprehensive about AI, with 48% expressing more concern now than a year ago and 41% believing that AI is evolving too quickly.
    Ryan Farsai, Forbes.com, 22 Apr. 2025
  • President Donald Trump’s U-turn on the Ukraine war – and his diplomatic embrace of Russia, the country that started it – has left American allies in Europe apprehensive about the future.
    Ned Temko, The Christian Science Monitor, 27 Feb. 2025

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“Unquiet.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/unquiet. Accessed 4 May. 2025.

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